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Ill-fated locomotives that run on money

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

The Sri Lankan Railway is beset with two perennial problems: Trains do not operate on scheduled times and the mounting losses occurring in the large-scale purchases of spares and other irregularities continue unabated.
The controversial purchase of the French Alstom engines is a case in point. Eight years ago ten such French engines, each costing Rs. [...]

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